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New Jersey Law Journal

Justices Hear Arguments in Offensive Flyer Flap

A state prosecutor asked the New Jersey Supreme Court to reinstate the criminal conviction of a man who added offensive comments to a co-worker's wedding photos and posted them as flyers.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

A $150 Billion Misfire: How Forecasters Got Irma Damage So Wrong

Twenty miles may have made a $150 billion difference.Estimates for the damage Hurricane Irma would inflict on Florida kept mounting as it made its devastating sweep across the Caribbean. It was poised to be the costliest U.S. storm on record. Then something called the Bermuda High intervened and tripped it up.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

EPA Grants Pollution Waiver to Florida Utilities After Irma

State and federal environmental regulators issued a blanket waiver for Florida electricity companies to violate clean air and water standards without penalty for the next two weeks.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Bassetti v. Boyertown Area School Dist., PICS Case No. 17-1345 (E.D. Pa. Aug. 16, 2017) Smith, J. (13 pages).

The district court barred plaintiff's stigma-plus claim under 42 U.S.C. Section 1983 for alleged reputational injury against a third party, finding that the actions constituting the stigma and the plus must both be performed by the defendant employer. The court granted defendant's motion to dismiss plaintiff's complaint with prejudice.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Trump Announces Two Pa. US Attorney Nominees

The White House has announced President Donald Trump's U.S. attorney nominees for the Middle and Western federal districts of Pennsylvania, but has not yet revealed his pick for the Philadelphia-based Eastern District.
10 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Atlantic City Police Excessive-Force Case Settles for $3M

Atlantic City has agreed to a $3 million settlement in an excessive-force suit by a man who was beaten by five police officers and mauled by a police dog in an incident captured on video.
3 minute read

The Recorder

California Correctional Peace Officers Association v. Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

C.A. 3rd; C078723 The Third Appellate District reversed a judgment. The court held that a state employee’s claim of discrimination due to military…
4 minute read

The Recorder

This California Bill Would Restrict Immigration Enforcement in State Courts

A Los Angeles lawmaker says he'll pursue a bill in January that would bar federal immigration agents from arresting or questioning undocumented immigrants in state courthouses unless they first obtain a warrant.
6 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

CAPITOL REPORT

Revisions to the family law case information statement and other action from Trenton.
8 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Judge's Failure to Turn In Boyfriend Not Official Misconduct, Appeals Court Rules

An appeals court has upheld the dismissal of an official misconduct charge in the case of a Superior Court judge who failed to turn in her boyfriend when she knew an arrest warrant was issued in his name. But the panel also affirmed the trial judge in declining to toss two counts of hindering prosecution against the judge, Carlia Brady.
8 minute read

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